Bypoll results 'totally negated' BJP's Modi-wave claim: Congress

Out of the 18 seats in four states for which bypolls were held , Congress and its allies won 10 while seven went to BJP and one to its ally SAD.

NEW DELHI: BJP's setback in the assembly bypolls "has exposed the flip side of the projected Modi-wave", claimed Congress. Evidently happy over the better performance of Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and over-the-impressive victory of its alliance partners in Bihar, the AICC said, "these results signal the end of the feel-good for the Modi-led NDA regime".

"The dynamics of Lok Sabha polls and state elections may be different. We are happy over Congress' and other Opposition parties performance in the by-elections in four states, spread across north, central and southern parts of India. It shows the feel-good for NDA regime is over. There have been attempts by BJP to argue that it can get votes and win any election in the name of the so-called Modi factor and Modi wave. That claims stands halted now," AICC spokesperson Shakheel Ahmed said at a press conference.